Health needs of Australian children living in out‐of‐home care

Nathanson, Dania; Tzioumi, Dimitra

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01193.x

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“…First, we developed innovative linkage methods to successfully link large national administrative datasets from social care to health services to investigate health and service access of LAC. Second, while our study confirms the findings of previous smaller and ad hoc reports,7–9 we were able to identify that dental treatment needs, infrequent use of dental services and extractions under general anaesthesia among LAC are not explained by socioeconomic factors, which is a confounder in existing studies 4. However, there may be other confounding factors, for example, comorbidities or disabilities which may also be more prevalent among LAC.…”

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Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland: a population data linkage study

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Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland: a population data linkage study

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“…With the exception of overdue immunisation, the rates of physical, developmental and mental health needs in children and adolescents in OOHC seen at VAHS are high, much higher than the general population of children in OOHC . Comparative samples of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in OOHC are unavailable due to the paucity of research in this population.…”

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“…The associated trauma presents a complex backdrop to providing health care . Children in OOHC are at increased risk of poorer physical, mental and developmental health than their peers …”

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The health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care

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J Paediatrics Child Health

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Aim Children in statutory out‐of‐home care (OOHC) are known to have poorer physical, developmental and mental health outcomes compared with their peers. The number of children in OOHC is increasing in Australia, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children disproportionately represented. To document the health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in OOHC attending the paediatric service at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) between February 2014 and February 2016. Methods The electronic medical records of all patients in OOHC seen by a paediatrician at VAHS between February 2014 and February 2016 were audited. Demographic data, including age and type of OOHC placement, were recorded, as were their health needs. Results Of the 200 children seen by a paediatrician over this 2‐year period, 103 were identified as being in OOHC for all or some of this same period: 43 in foster care, 8 in residential care and 52 in kinship care. Of the 103 children, 35 were <6 years of age, 51 between 6 and 13 years and 17 between 13 and 18 years; 66% were identified as having mental health problems, 37% hearing problems, 34% vision problems, 40% dental caries and 46% developmental delay including 36% with speech delay. Conclusions Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in OOHC seen by the paediatric service at VAHS have high rates of physical, developmental and psychological health needs. These data have significant potential to inform government policy and investment in effective models of care to better meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in OOHC.

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“…A recent Australian study (Nathanson & Tzioumi, 2007) showed that children in out-of-home care are among the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in the community. Interestingly, the second most frequently indicated referral in this sample was to speech-language pathology.…”

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Child maltreatment, mental health and oral language competence: Inviting speech-language pathology to the prevention table

Snow

2009

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

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Child maltreatment (neglect and abuse of various forms) is a serious global issue. Although Australia and New Zealand are both affluent, first world countries, child protection statistics indicate that much ground is yet to be covered with respect to ensuring that children are reared in environments that are safe and developmentally nourishing. Both neglect and abuse are associated with serious, pervasive and long-term sequelae for a range of neuropsychological functions, including expressive and receptive language abilities. In spite of its considerable body of knowledge regarding the nature and sequence of language development from infancy through to adulthood and across the lifespan, speech-language pathology (SLP) as a profession has failed to position itself as an agent of prevention where child safety is concerned. Language competence is acquired in the relational milieu of early infant-caregiver attachment, and cannot be separated out from mental health across the lifespan. Most significant mental health problems have their onset early in life, as do developmental language problems. Positioning SLP at the prevention table will require graduates of SLP programs to speak and understand the discourse of public health policy-making, advocacy, and resource-allocation, so that graduates can occupy positions of influence in government. At the current time, however, most undergraduate programs emphasize SLP as a 1:1 service-delivery profession, at the expense of important roles this profession could play in relation to prevention of language and mental health problems at a population level.

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Health needs of Australian children living in out‐of‐home care

Abstract: Children in care are a vulnerable group of the child population who experience unacceptable levels of poor health. Comprehensive health screens can help identify previously undetected health problems.

Cited by 76 publications

References 16 publications

Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland: a population data linkage study

Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland: a population data linkage study

The health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out‐of‐home care

Child maltreatment, mental health and oral language competence: Inviting speech-language pathology to the prevention table

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